Sentences with phrase «of as technology companies»

Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar would rather have you think of them as technology companies.

Same for drug companies, especially biotechs, why aren't they thought of as technology companies?

thinks of itself as a technology company, and believes its technology provides a distinct advantage because it does not require integration with a lot of other legal tech products.

Not exact matches

Among the wave of financial technology companies attempting to challenge the hegemony of Canada's Big Five banks are «robo - advisers,» such as Wealthsimple and WealthBar, whose platforms help clients create and maintain portfolios of mostly passive investments, such as exchange - traded funds, for fees in the neighbourhood of 1 % of assets per year.

The course helps founders think of their companies as a series of experiments aimed at locating the sweet spot where enabling technology meets a receptive market.

Look, it's fairly easy to dismiss The Chairless Chair — a wearable exoskeleton developed by Swiss company Noonee that allows you to sit wherever — as a ridiculous piece of technology.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

As a result, CMOs increasingly find themselves becoming the advocates of corporate digital transformation, to ensure the company is using technology to engage and delight end users.

The company and its eponymous product, created by serial entrepreneur and technology expert David Gurle, is scarcely out of startup mode, but already it's making waves as a potentially disrupting new force on Wall Street, thanks in large part to support from some of the world's largest investment banks.

Government investments in research and technology can help fuel innovation — and hugely successful companies can arise as a result of that innovation.

After 15 years of building companies such as Hotbar.com and SmartShopper.com, Oren Dobronsky checked out of technology and into... hummus.

Specializing in technology, the company counted the likes of Microsoft, Lucent and Pitney - Bowes as clients.

His 11 - person company, Pebble Technology, had already been working with a consulting firm to assist with manufacturing, and he immediately called to inform them that instead of producing Pebbles locally, as originally intended, they had to manufacture them in China.

Two companies that grew out of new technology for delivering stuff just proved they can make it just as well as the Hollywood establishment.

As information technology has become an increasingly critical aspect of a modern companies» operations, potential buyers have intensified their scrutiny of the seller's IT systems.

The Hong Kong stock exchange has introduced new rules allowing companies with dual - class shareholding structures and biotechnology firms yet to generate revenue to apply for listings from April 30, as it races to stay ahead of competing bourses in Shanghai, New York and Singapore to attract big technology firms and become the world's largest stock exchange.

In his current role as President and Chief Strategist of Optimize Advisors, Mike uses pioneering and proprietary artificial intelligence technology to advise hedge funds, banks, pensions, mutual funds, insurance companies, and family offices in the effective use of listed options for enhancing returns and managing risk.

LONDON / BENGALURU, May 2 (Reuters)- Spotify Technology SA shares dropped as much as 9 percent after the streaming music leader's subscriber outlook and quarterly revenue fell just short of analyst estimates in its first report as a public company.

Throughout my career serving in roles at B2B technology companies as Director of Demand Generation, Head of Marketing, and now as a CMO & Co-Founder of Terminus, I have seen it work both ways (good and bad).

Through all of this, a particularly vocal constituency that favored maintaining net - neutrality regulations as they were prior to the court's 2014 ruling included a who's who of some of the most important technology companies, such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.

These two technology companies are squaring off Thursday night against each other on «Fast Money,» as part of the show's Madness challenge.

Speaking to the influx of investment by the world's largest technology companies into the U.K. as Facebook, Google and Apple all recently announced greatly expanded plans for London headquarters and staffing levels, Marshall said the technology sector is more able to cope with the uncertainty wrought by Brexit.

LONDON / BENGALURU, May 2 - Spotify Technology SA shares dropped as much as 9 percent after the streaming music leader's subscriber outlook and quarterly revenue fell just short of analyst estimates in its first report as a public company.

LONDON / BENGALURU, May 2 - Spotify Technology SA shares dropped 9 percent after the streaming music leader's subscriber outlook and quarterly revenue fell just short of analyst estimates in its first report as a public company.

Instead of just startups, we'll open the competition to any company, small or big, tech or non-tech, that is using technology to make the world a better place as part of their normal business operations.

«As the company runs out of reasons why the technology won't work, and gets closer and closer to illustrating that it will work, I think it's entirely possible that they will raise the billions of dollars they will need to prove this concept out,» he says, noting that it was Cenovus's investment, more than that of Bezos, that turned heads among investors.

Waymo CEO John Krafcik speaks to CNBC's Phil LeBeau about the driverless technology company's partnership with Jaguar as well as the outlook for the safety of autonomous vehicle programs in the wake of the fatal Uber accident.

While the company has routinely disavowed being a media entity for a variety of reasons (including the fact that media companies are not valued as highly by investors as technology companies), Facebook clearly plays a huge role in how people get news and information about the world.

A Harvey Nash / KPMG survey of 4,500 CIOs and technology leaders from around the globe found that insider threats are perceived as the most rapidly growing security risk to companies.

The confluence of corporate self - interest and geopolitical considerations not only enabled Qualcomm to turn the tables on Broadcom, but canonized the San Diego company as a sort of national champion essential to battling China's might in the next - generation wireless communications technology known as 5G.

«I think as soon as the [federal] budget is introduced,» says Kane, «we're going to have a whole set of new rules to help Canadian technology companies bring in highly skilled workers.»

«I wrote down in 1975, when I started the company,» he explained, casting his extraordinary foresight as nothing more than a simple vocalization of what should have been obvious to everyone, «that there were two focuses of technology in terms of building computers.

During my time as a consultant with Intel, I was witness to one of the first true wearable collaborations of a Silicon Valley technology company, Intel, and a high - end NYC fashion company, Opening Ceremony — both at the top of their game in respective industries.

It is an emerging area of intense interest for banks and other financial companies as well as technology developers, with potential uses in a range of financial transactions including securities settlement and payments.

For many, the Skype deal is seen — along with exuberance for the LinkedIn IPO and sky - high private valuations of companies such as Facebook — as a sign of a fast - inflating technology bubble: What else could explain such a lofty price tag for a company that lost $ 7 million in 2010 and $ 418 million the year before?

As a CEO of a sales technology company, I can't help but think of some of the most notorious sales movies that showcase not only the effectiveness of phone - based selling, but also remind us that managing to a proven standard of selling activity hasn't changed.

Still, he added, «technology is giving the consumer a much better product — much cheaper, much faster, more alternatives — but at the expense of fewer workers, and we have to find ways for companies to create jobs as well as profits.»

There will be some bargain hunting thanks to the collapse of sterling — such as Japanese company Softbank's purchase of the crown jewel of Britain's technology industry, semiconductor designer ARM Holdings.

The reviews apparently focus on aspects of these companies» products and technology — such as data storage and encryption — and whether they might endanger China's national security.

CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, draws more than 180,000 people and 4,000 companies, all of whom are eager to know: Will this be the year [fill - in - the - blank technology] finally makes the leap from science fiction to something people can buy, and might actually want to?

While many manufacturing and technology companies have announced expanded partnerships at CES, the smart home industry might look to wearable fashion tech as a crystal ball of sorts.

Cook suggests that his company may well become as known for its stands on matters of societal importance as its popular technology gadgets.

We talked to Martin Fink, HP's chief technology officer and the director of HP Labs, about how the company went about building the Machine as well as the 75 - year - old company's approach to innovation.

As even more employees download work - related information and data onto their personal phones, these three factors are conspiring to make company data a potential casualty of biometric technology's legal protection problem, Bond says.

But they can also be weapons — as the actions of big technology companies over the past couple of years have shown.

The departure of Thurston is also notable as he first joined the company in 2013 after the $ 150 million acquisition of MapMyFitness, a fitness technology company that Thurston co-founded.

Nicole Wong, who previously served as the White House's deputy chief technology officer, said tech companies would be reluctant to create a database of jihadists videos, even if it could be kept current enough to be relevant, for fear that repressive governments would demand such set - ups to pre-screen any content they do not like.

Reclaim Industries is set to be reborn as a staffing technology company after completing a $ 6 million capital raising as part of its acquisition of Rision.

North Perth - based tech company Scancam has raised $ 1.2 million from investors as it seeks to expand sales of its anti-fuel theft technology into new markets.

But then again, as the president and chief executive of the Consumer Electronics Association — a powerful lobby group that represents more than 2,000 technology companies operating in the United States, including Samsung, Microsoft and Apple — he's supposed to be.